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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE TAYLOR AND JAMES HY. TAYLOR, OF NOTTINGHAM, COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM,ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR WAVING STRIPS OF FABRIC.

SPECIPZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,479, dated May 25,1886.

Application filed October 14, 1884. Serial No. 145,517. (Modem I To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE TAYLOR, residing at 245 Great Alfred Street,Nottingham, in the county of Nottingham, England, and J AMES HENRYTAYLOR, residing at 16 Gladstone Street, Nottingham, in the county ofNottingham, England, and subjects of the Queen of Great Britain andIreland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor \Vaving Strips of Fabric; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to that class of machines by which waves orundulations are produced in strips of fabric which have previously beensubjected to the action of a fluting or plaiting machine, the wavesbeing formed by a partial extension or drawing out of thepreviously-made plaits or flutes. In many cases such waves are formed oneither side of the median line of a strip of fabric, the central portionof said fabric being left flat or in substantially the condition inwhich it came from the flutingor plaiting machine. Itis this class ofwork for which our new machine is especially adapted, although otherstyles of waving may be made with it, and the machine may within thelimits of our invention be so constructed as to make it speciallyapplicable to the production of any one particular style of waved goods.

In the machines heretofore employed the waving devices consisted of twodistinct sets of rotary parts, one set for each side of the goods. Theusual construction was one which employed disks or wheels, in which wereset pins projecting laterally from said wheels, and which during therotation of said disks being loosely geared together, the pins of onewheel acting on one surface of the goods, pressing the latter down intothe spaces between the pins upon the other disk. This construction,although useful in some cases, is objectionable in many circumstances,not only on account of its complicated nature, but also because certainlight goods are liable to be injured dun ing their passage through suchmachines.

In our newlyinvented machine we overcomethese difficulties in anefficient manner. e employ a single revolving structure to carry bothsets of waving devices for the upper and lower surfaces of the fabric,and use a second rotating structure only for effecting the feed. Thewaving in this machine is effected by supporting the goods upon one set5 5 of waving devices, which is fixed upon the revolving structure, andcausing the second set of waving devices,which is movable upon saidrevolving structure, to enter into the spaces between the first set,thus forming depressions in the unsupported portion of the goods. Wepropose in most cases to heat the machine by suitable appliances, torender the shape imparted to the goods by the waving devices morepermanent.

The accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification,represent what we consider the best means of carrying out our invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved machine, certain portionsbeing represented in section; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section on thebroken line as .t', Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the machine,taken from the front; and Fig. 4, a detail side elevation of one of therolls carrying the hinged blades, the feed-roll above the same, and theblade-operating cams, the said parts being in their relative positions,but separate from the rest of the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

A A are the side frames of the machine, rigidly connected by means ofstay-bars a. The motion of the revolving parts is derived from a pulley,B, turning loosely upon studs 1), and to which is secured a pinion, I),which, through the intermediate pinion, b, turning upon stud b drivesthe wheel I), which latter is fastened upon the trunnion of the cylinderor roll 0. This roll, at or near its center, is formed with a wheel orflange, O, of consid erably larger diameter than the roll itself.

D is asecond roll, receiving its motion from the roll 0 through thewheels 0 d, as shown. 5 The roll D is also formed with a central flange,

D, similar to flange O. The bearing-pieces d of roll D are capable ofsliding in slot-s formed in the frame of the machine, and are acted uponby springs (1' so as to hold the flange D in contact with flange O, thepressure between these flanges being regulated by means of thethumb-screws d, by turning which in one direction or the other thetension of the springs d may be increased or diminished. The two flangesC D, thus held in elastic contact with each other, constitute the feedmechanism of the machine, the strip of goods to be waved being clampedbetween them and moved along as they revolve, while the waving iseffected at the same time by the mechanism now to be described.

Upon the roll 0, on each side of the flange O, is mounted a sleeve, E.Each of these sleeves carries near the flange O a series of radialribsror blades e, and at the farther end, near the side frames, isformed a corresponding number of lugs, e, to which are hinged the blades6 in such position that when turned inward or toward the flange theseblades 6 enter into the recesses formed by the radial ribs 6.

Between the ribs 6 and the lugs e the sleeves E carry each a flange, e",which is formed with narrow radial slots 6, in which the blades e arereceived and guided when being turned inward into the spaces between theribs 6. Each ofthe blades 6 is formed near the hinge portion with astud, e projecting backward at a right angle with the main body of theblade.

F F are two cams of annular or nearly annular shape and permanentlyfixed to the side frames of the machine, so as to be substantiallyconcentric with the roll G. The upper portions of these cams, preferablyof round section, are bent inward toward the flange O, and these camsare preferably not continuous, but have an open spacejust opposite theroll D. These cams F serve to impart an independent motion to the blades0 upon their pivots as the roll 0, with the sleeves E, revolves, in thefollowing manner: During that part of the revolution where the blades 6are not opposite or nearly opposite the roll D the studs 0 bear againstthe inside of the cams F, so as to cause the blades e to extend outwardradially; but as the studs 0 of the blades 6 move upward toward the rollD they leave the cams F, on account of the latter being bent toward theflangeO, and these inwardly-bent portions of the cams F then begin toact against the backs of the blades 6, pressing the same inward, andthus causing said blades to gradually assume a position parallel to theaxis of the roll 0, with their broad ends in the spaces betweenthe ribs6. lVhile the blades 6 are opposite the roll D, where the cams F arediscontinued, they are held in the depressed condition by means of thepieces G, bearing against their backs, as shown, the pieces G being adjustable upon the stay-bar a, as shown. The reverse of this action takesplace as the blades e leave the position opposite the roll D,when, thebacks of the blades 6* being no longer held down by the cam-pieces G,the studs 6 begin again to bear against the cams F, and are forcedoutward, so as to turn the blades 0 into the radial position. The actionof this mechanism upon the goods will be readily understood. The stripof fabric passes through an adjustable guide-channel, c of which theremay be two or more to accommodate various widths, toward thefeed-flanges O D, which grasp it on its center line and feed it along,while both sides of the strip are partially supported upon the ribs 6,and as the blades 6 move inward successively they press the unsupportedportion of the goods down into the spaces between the ribs 6, thusimparting to the same the desired waved aspect. It will be understoodthat in effecting this the previouslyformed flutes or plaits in thegoods are partially opened or drawn out, this drawing out furnishing theincreased surface of the waved portion, while in the center said plaitsor flutes are strongly compressed by the feed-flanges O D. If desired,the effect of this compression may be rendered more permanent by theapplication of one or more gum threads, for which purpose a gum-trough,H, is arranged upon the cross bar (0 in which one or more threads fromspools upon the holder I are moistened with gum, and from which theypass through the guide-eye K to the strip of goods and between thewheels 0 D, which firmly press it upon the goods.

In most cases we prefer to heat the apparatus by burning gas or amixture of air and gas in the hollow rolls 0 D, as this serves to setthe waves formed or render them more permanent than would be the case ifthe machine were used cold.

Many modifications may be made in the details without departing from theprinciples or sacrificing all the advantages of the invention. Theduplication of the waving devices does not form a necessary feature.They may be on one side only of the flanges O D, so that the latter actupon one edge of the goods, instead of at ornear the central portion.

The cams F may be continuous, instead of being open opposite the roll D,and in that case the pieces G may be dispensed with. We prefer, however,the open cams F and additional pieces G, as in consequence of the adjustability of the latter the depths of the waves formed may beregulated within certain limits.

\Vhat we claim, and. desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a waving-machine, the combination, with a carrier revolving on itsaxis, of two cooperating sets of blades or ribs, one set of which isfixed upon said carrier, while the other set is mounted movablythereupon, sub stantially as specified.

2. In a waving-machine, the combination, with a carrier revolving on itsaxis and carrying two cooperating sets of blades or ribs, one set beingfixed,while the other is movable, of a wheel arranged to form conjointlywith a portion of the carrier a feed mechanism, substantiall y asspecified.

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3. In a waving-machine, the combination, with a carrier revolving on itsaXis and carrying two co-operating se of blades or ribs, one set beingfixed,while be other is movable, with mechanism whereby the movingdevices are caused successively to enter into the spaces between thefixed devices and to move out from said spaces, substantially-asdescribed.

4. In a waving-machine, the combination, with a feed mechanismconsisting of two rotating devices, of devices that effect the waving,the latter being all carried upon one of said feed devices,substantially as specified.

5. In a waving-machine, the combination, with a carrier revolving on itsaxis and carrying two cooperating sets of blades or ribs, of a wheelarranged to form conjointly with a portion of the carrier a feedmechanism, and of controlling means for the waving devices adapted tocause the latter to act upon that portion of the goods which is at thetime passing through the feed mechanism and to liberate the goods asthey leave the feed mechanism. substantially as described.

6. In a waving-machine, the combination,

' with a rotating carrier and a wheel constituting conjointly with aportion of the former a feed mechanism, of two waving mechanisms carriedupon said carrier, one on each side of the feed mechanism, substantiallyas described.

7. In a waving-machine, the combination of radial ribs, as c, withhinged blades, as c", said ribs and blades being carried upon onecarrier, with means for rotating said carrier,

and with a stationary cam adapted to cause the blades 0 to enter thespaces between the ribs 6, substantially as described.

8. In a waving-machine, the combination of radial ribs 6 and hingedblades 0 said ribs and blades being carried upon one carrier, with meansfor rotating said carrier, and with a stationary cam or cams adapted tocause the blades 0 to enter the spaces between the ribs 6 and towithdraw them therefrom, substantially as described.

9. In a waving-machine, the combination of radial ribs 0 and hingedblades 6 said ribs and blades being carried upon one carrier, with meansfor revolving said carrier, a stationary cam adapted to cause the blades6 to I enter the spaces between the ribs 0, and with an adjustable camcontrolling the position of the blades in the spaces between the ribs,substantially as specified.

GEORGE TAYLOR. JAMES HY. TAYLOR. -Witnesses:

GEo. H. HALLAM, ALFRED J. FIELD.

